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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Flowering Phenology: How Do Plants Know When To Flower?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore the biotic and abiotic factors that affect plant reproduction and the potential consequences of human activities on plant populations. The effects of urbanization are discussed as an influence in the consequences.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Interdependence of Birds and the Great Salt Lake Ecosystem

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders participate in the "Checks and Balances" game. This game lets them experience the interdependence of oragnisms specific to the Great Salt Lake. They recieved informaton about food chains, food webs, trophic levels various...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Bird Brained?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify general abilities that indicate animal cognitive intelligence. In this biology instructional activity, students create an intelligence testing challenge for ravens. They compare its ability to that of a crow.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Exploring Ecology

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students explore the basics of ecology through numerous hands-on and relevant activities. They participate in an online food chain demonstration, which explores food web dynamics. They dissect owl pellets, examine the prey's bones, and...
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Website
NC State University

North Carolina State University: Symbiotic Relationships

For Students 9th - 10th
Includes a description of symbiosis in general, then lists and defines types of symbiosis including mutualism, commensalism, parasitism, competition, and neutralism. Includes a chart which summarizes the different types of relationships....
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Symbiotic Relationships of Fungi

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Fungi don't live in isolation. They often interact with other species. In fact, fungi can be dependent on another organism for survival. When two species live close...
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Lesson Plan
Other

Pde Sas: Relationships Among Organisms

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson, young scholars compare various types of relationships among organisms (i.e., biotic interactions). Students will: explain the roles of producers and consumers, and predators and prey in an ecosystem. Explain the levels of...
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Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: Mutualism Relationships

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how mutualism benefits the organisms in a symbiotic relationship and what the different types of mutualism are. Provides lots of examples.
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: "Can't We All Just Get Along?" by Bird Brain Science

For Students 5th - 6th Standards
Earth is full of a variety of living things that interact with one another in many different ways. This informational text explains the various different types of relationships they can have with one another. It also offers guided...
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Activity
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Volcanoes of the Deep

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Discuss how individual organisms and groups of organisms interact with each other, and research and classify symbiotic relationships between individual organisms of different species.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Interdependence of Living Things

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers how species interact with each other.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Habitat and Niche

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Are you on the basketball team? Are you a cheerleader? Do you play an instrument in the band? Your niche would be your role or place in the school. Organisms also...